Marion Ravenwood is a fictional character that first appeared in the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark." She is played by Karen Allen, and she enters the story when Indiana Jones visits her in Nepal, needing her help to locate the Ark of the Covenant. They need to use an item that was originally obtained and possessed by her father, Dr. Abner Ravenwood.

In Raiders of the Lost Ark, Allen played a feisty, tough-as-nails lady whose first romantic encounter with Indy had ended in pure heartbreak for her. The second time around, they team up to find the lost ark of the covenant. They must find it before a man named Belloq and the Nazis. Here Marion proves to be Indy’s equal in every way. Like him: she is clever, determined, curious, and can behave heroically under certain circumstances.

With the next two movies, Marion does not make an appearance. In "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," a prequel, Indy is romancing a blonde lady (Kate Capshaw). In "The Last Crusade", he is with another blonde, Austrian scholar (Alison Doody). Then Marion finally returns in movie scenes. She is in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." She is the same person who had fallen for Indy almost 27 years before. She is truly very delightful if you overlook how she acts with the nuked fridge and the swinging monkeys.

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